Get to Know Your Romance Authors: Nora Roberts

Meet Nora

Nora Roberts was born October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland as Eleanor Marie Robertson. She was born of Irish Parents and in May of 2007 The Irish Times called her "an Irishwoman through and through." She has two sons, Dan and Jason. One naughty detail about Roberts is that she claims to have "told lies. Really good ones -- some of which my mother still believes.” Shame, shame! But maybe all good story tellers…are just good liars?

On Writing

Nora began her writing career during a blizzard in February, 1979 while housebound with her two small boys. Roberts states that with three feet of snow, a dwindling supply of chocolate, and no morning kindergarten she had little else to do. Roberts believes that pursuing a career as a writer requires discipline: "You're going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder." She writes eight hours a day, every day, even while on vacation. She gives credit to her days in Catholic school for teaching her discipline. Roberts is currently working on her new “Sign of Seven” trilogy.

Awards

If you are reading this you already know that Roberts is a bestselling American author of more than 150 romance novels. You may not be aware that she was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She writes the "In Death" series as J.D. Robb and has written other works under the pseudonyms Sarah Hardesty and Jill March. As of 2006, Roberts's novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries.

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